Swastikas were found Monday painted on...

SHADES OF THE PAST.

August 19, 1986

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — SHADES OF THE PAST. Swastikas were found Monday painted on the tombs of Israeli leaders and founding fathers of the Zionist movement, Israel Radio reported. Slogans painted next to the swastikas were signed by Keshet, an ultra-orthodox, anti-Zionist group. A small segment of the ultra-orthodox minority of the Israeli population is actively anti-Zionist. It claims the Jewish state destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70 can be re-established only by the Messiah, and the modern secular state desecrates Jewish religious law. Members of the group refuse to serve in the army or pay taxes.